Today, while i was jogging, a super cool workout song started playing on my ipod and when i looked, there it was.. Breaking Benjamin with their song the diary of jane. ‘Hope you’ll like training your muscles on this workout tune!

Three years later i finally got the chance to go at a gym and i loved it!

My first session involved training the tricep and bicep. I remember it like it was yesterday, the sensation, the feeling, the rush.. just like Arnold Schwarzenegger described it in the movie “Pumping Iron” :”..blood is rushing through your muscles, the muscles get a really tight feeling like your skin is going to explode any minute and it`s really tight like someone is blowing air into it, it feels different, it feels fantastic. ”
The next day was followed by a huge soreness and i heard from my gym instructor that soreness was a great thing, cause that means you stretched to the max your muscle fibers.

At that time i didn`t knew what to eat like proteins, carbs etc. in order to increase your muscle size. I just knew i had to eat a lot. So everything i got my hands on, got directly to my stomach.
I forgot to tell you that i was a skinny guy, and when i say skinny i mean skinny to the bones.(see pictures)
After i tried some workouts and some types of supplements like proteins, aminoacids, vitamins i realized that i was overtraining and i heard about that fact on the internet because i began reading everything about muscles and i absorbed the information like a sponge.

I told you about overtraining because my gym instructor kept me for 2-3 hours in the gym and made me go through all the gym equipment that was there so all the hard work and all the money spent on supplements were for nothing, i just got a little more fat and i was tired all the time.
But i lie when i say i had no real benefits, in time my strength increased considerably and that was a positive factor that made me continue bodybuilding.. (to be continued)

You can do these workouts like so:
- Warm up first with ten minutes of cardio and light bodyweight movements.
- Do the pairs of exercises as supersets, performing one set of the first exercise, then moving immediately on to a set of the second exercise.
- Rest for 1 minute before repeating.
- Choose a weight that you can manage with perfect form, but which leads to muscular failure by the end of the final set.
- Take one second the lift the weight, pause for another second, then take two to three seconds to lower again.
Mike Ryan`s tips:
-Train in the morning where possible – it’s the best way to ensure intensity.’
- ‘Always warm up sufficiently – not just with cardio, but by doing the movements before adding weights.’
- ‘Work on ‘progressive overload – always keep increasing the weight, and keep a training diary to record your progress.’
- ‘Mix things up – constantly change the tempo, speed, incline, grip – anything so that you’re not always performing the same movement.’
- ‘Feel the movement – focus on each muscle activation rather than simply aiming to finish the set.’
- ‘Work with a trainer – it will help with motivation.’
- ‘Don’t overtrain – learn what your body can cope with.’
- ‘Get plenty of rest – at least seven hours of good sleep a night.’